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“And if you look' — she nodded at the sky — 'there's a man in the moon.”

Sky Moon Look Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Man In The Moon Nod

Book:Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

“Life's a scab, and it's our nature to pick at it until it bleeds.”

Life Relatable The Human Condition Nod Adrian Barnes

Book:Nod

Source: Nod

“Strange are the ways of democracy; everyone disagrees with everyone else and such dissent is considered a good thing. Stranger are the ways of dictators; once they have coerced all their subjects to agree with them, they spread their evil wings across their borders to secure the nod of the rest of the humanity. That is how dictatorships usually end. If a dictator does not aspire to be a world hegemon, he could be forever, limited only by the fact that even dictators are mortal.”

Democracy Dictator Dissent Hegemony Nod How Dictatorships End

Author:R. N. Prasher

“Where there is society there is no need for charity.”

Women Society Nod Binding Chaos

Author:Heather Marsh

“Nod house turned into shout house. In the shout house memory said shut up. It said silence, misery said amen, the mule's head meant my stubborn lungs. . . I stood imagining I fell back dreaming, stuck tongue stuck in my jaw broke my jaw”

Memory Dreaming Nod Jaw

Book:Nod House

Source: Nod House

“The nod of a head is such a small thing, it can mean so little, yet it is the gesture of assent that allows, that makes to be. The nod is the gesture of power, the yes. The numen. the presence of the sacred, is called by its name.”

Sacred To Be Nod

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

“The best move here is to simply listen and maintain eye contact. Your calmness is a primal attempt to telepathically reflect the insanity back to the freak so they’ll realize they’ve gone off the deep end. This can be rough because the freakout may be pointed directly at you, but even under attack, your job is the same: Listen. Nod. Repeat”

Calm Insanity Freak Listen Primal Attack Nod Freakout

Book:Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

Source: Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

“This is how mighty we are, this is how bold: we'll build a city out of glass on the edge of the ocean, God, and dare you to smash it down.”

America Sleep Fantasy Novel Vancouver Nod Adrian Barnes

Book:Nod

Source: Nod